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What's the carbon footprint of a potato? Find out here, and read on to find where your nearest climate buzz is coming from in Oxfordshire.
House Eco-renovations
If you're itching to keep up with the Joneses fear not - the weekend of 24/25 Nov, eco-renovated houses across Oxfordshire will be open for your perusal.
Sustainable Kirtlington
Kirtlington launched their series of Climate change events with a screening of An Inconvenient Truth on Weds 12th Sept - with more events in the pipeline. If you'd like to get involved contact Celia Hawkesworth: chawkesworth@onetel.com
Lewknor
As a result of a recent ClimateXchange presentation, Lewknor Parish Council and the Lewknor Chiltern Gateway project will be getting their own low energy light bulb library, to be showcased at their LOAF fayre on Oct 14th.
Cape Farewell - views and news from the Arctic
Follow the first international Youth Expedition between 14 - 23 September as they voyage north of the 78th parallel to the fragile extremes of Svalbard in the High Arctic with 12 students from Germany, Canada and the UK. Video diaries updated every day. Spread the link : http://voyage.capefarewell.com/
‘Oxfordshire Floodscapes' Photo Competition
‘Oxfordshire Floodscapes' is a photo competition for anyone with a digital image of the flooding. All photos will be entered into a competition, with a cash prize of £150 on offer to the best photo. Two second prizes are also on offer - one for under 16s, and another for people aged 16 and over. Photos, marked with where and when they were taken, and the age of the person who took them, should be sent to floodscapes@oxtrust.org.uk by 31 October. Photos can have been taken anywhere in the county, and can deal with any aspect of the recent floods.
Feeling creative about climate change?
Watch out for the ClimateXchange ‘Creative Climates' mini series of events
Oct 15th: Art from a changing climate - film screening at OUCE, 7 - 9pm
4TH Nov: Invitation to engage with the climate change adventure - workshop for artists / writers / and those who fancy doing a bit of clowning! 10am - 5pm
Weds 5th Dec - Climate change creative Writing workshop, 7 - 9pm, venue tbc. Contact info@climatex.org for further info about these events.
New on climatex.org
Climate refugees in Burma article by Buddha 34
Recent blogs:
Theory of Anyway
Upcoming Media
See BBC1 Politics Show at noon on Sunday 23rd Sept for coverage of Low Carbon Wolvercote
August's weather from Oxford's very own Radcliffe Meteorological Station
August 2007 was an average month in Oxford in term of temperature. Mean air temperate and mean maximum air temperature were only slightly above the expected from the historical means. Mean minimum grass temperature and mean minimum concrete temperature were slightly below the expected from the long term means. This August was drier than expected. Total rainfall of 38.2 mm was 20.0 less than the historical average. The first half of the month (the 1st to the 12th) was very sunny-average sunshine hour was over 10 hours for each day over this period.
*** Upcoming events and dates for your diaries ***
Full info on www.climatex.org/events
Fri 21st Sept, North Leigh Open Evening 7-9pm
Help us decide new energy efficiency measures, to be funded by Southern Electric, as part of this ground-breaking project. North Leigh Memorial Hall, Open meeting for villagers. Contact: energy.advice@tvec.org.uk http://www.tvec.org.uk/
Sat 22nd Sept - Streets for People Day
Local produce and fair trade goods will be available on market stalls in Broad Street as part of the celebration of Streets for People Day.
Sat 22nd Sept Open Houses - Hammonds house
The 40% house in Osney. David and Barbara Hammond are hosting open days for their house. Sat 22nd Sept (3-5pm) Fri 5th Oct (12-2pm) More info about their house here: http://climatex.org/articles/lo-carb-communities/38-house-david-hammond/
25th Sept CLIMATE CHANGE: GOOD FOR BUSINESS?
The AMBA Thames Valley Annual Business Debate
Oxford Union Debating Chamber
'Climate change is good for business!' Amongst the speakers this year
are James Smith, Chairman of Shell UK Ltd, and Sophia Tickell, Chair of
the consultancy company SustainAbility. Join this year's Association of MBAs Business Debate which is being held once again in the historic Debating Chamber of the Oxford Union on the
evening of 25th September, starting with drinks and snacks at 6.30pm. For
details and booking, go to www.mbaworld.com/events .
September 27th, 8pm The Wychwood Network Lectures: Low Carbon Homes: two families' stories . Ramsden Village Hall
'Lower Watts House - a lesson in low energy living' :Liz Reason will talk about designing, building and using a home to have minimum impact on our planet.
'The good, the bad, and the missed opportunities': Olly Willans will share the lessons he has learned from his environmentally sensitive restoration of a 250 year old Cotswold farmhouse.
Followed by discussion and refreshments with local beer provided by
Burford Brewery. Free entry, no advance booking required.
Further info: http://www.wychwoodnetwork.org.uk/ sdyson@wychwoodnetwork.org.uk
28th Sept - Screening of Inconvenient Truth in East Hendred, and launch of a new village environment group
The screening will be at 7.30pm in Snells Hall, East Hendred. Contact
Sarah James for more information on 01235 831568 or by email at
sarahjames@f2s.com . Free
Friday 28th September, 8.00 The Al Gore film "An Inconvenient Truth" will be showing on in St Margarets Church, North Oxford followed by refreshments and discussion.
Saturday 29th, is a big exhibition at St Margarets of all the
different ways in which we can live greener lives (including plenty of
things for kids to do). There will be people calculating carbon footprints,
demonstrating pedal power, home improvements, fun transport, face painting
(green?) ethical fashion, positove waste, a pledgeometer, and many other
things, including a fair trade café!
Networking and socialising: Green Drinks Oxford
Thurs 4th Oct 6.30pm MERTON BAR
The second monthly get together for all those working to keep the planet in one piece. Everyone welcome - whether you work for a campaign group or carbon trading company, development charity or think tank.
DATE: first Thursday of every month, starting Thurs 6th September
TIME: 6:30pm onwards...
PLACE: Merton's Bar, 73 High Street - one block up from Magdalen Bridge,
on the left.
To sign up to the mailing list, please send an email to: greendrinksoxford@yahoo.co.uk
Tues 2nd Oct - Talk: Climate Change, Food and Agriculture - Locally and Globally, 8pm ,Botanic Gardens.
Mon 8th Oct Screening of ‘Power of Community' at Ultimate Picture Palace, Cowley Road. Inspiring film about low carbon living in Cuba. 7pm, £1. BARGAIN!
Sunday 14th Oct Local Organic Animal free and Fair Trade fayre at St Margarets Church, Lewknor
Weds 31st Oct -
A changing climate: business opportunity or economic nightmare?
The aim of this event is to raise awareness of the impacts and opportunities of climate change to local businesses and SMEs in Oxfordshire. What will it be like to work in a hotter climate with unpredictable extreme weather? Will climate change have a negative financial impact on local business? What are the opportunities and emerging markets?
Free but please register in advance. Further info: http://climatex.org/business-climates/ email: jo.hamilton@ouce.ox.ac.uk tel: 01865 275 856
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
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For further info and to get involved, contact jo.hamilton@oucce.ox.ac.uk
